Question

一道英语题，请教下其中的语法，为什么选这个。（图中第17题）

Answer 1

在正式文体中，never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely, no sooner, no longer, nowhere 等含有否定意义的副词若位于句首，则其后要用部分倒装
如：

Hardly had we arrived home when it began to rain.
Not until he took off his dark glasses did I recognize him.
In no case will I live in big cities such as Shanghai and Beijing.